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proc_sysctl: update docs for __register_sysctl_table()
authorLuis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Thu, 2 Mar 2023 20:28:16 +0000 (12:28 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 17 May 2023 11:59:00 +0000 (13:59 +0200)
commit9b41c223ab06aad73ccde239da0da840ce669768
treef00076a8b513b166c920648dbf754df609a81ef5
parent07a37b94383cbd08b6e55ee7b3fe1248194eff7e
proc_sysctl: update docs for __register_sysctl_table()

commit 67ff32289acad9ed338cd9f2351b44939e55163e upstream.

Update the docs for __register_sysctl_table() to make it clear no child
entries can be passed. When the child is true these are non-leaf entries
on the ctl table and sysctl treats these as directories. The point to
__register_sysctl_table() is to deal only with directories not part of
the ctl table where thay may riside, to be simple and avoid recursion.

While at it, hint towards using long on extra1 and extra2 later.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.17
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c